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,*•••• The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol. XCIIINo.112 The University of Connecticut Friday, April 13,1990 East German parliament accepts unification agenda EAST BERLIN (AP) — East Before parliament met, mem- the four World War II allies that structures. lands, and apologized for East Germany's parliament chose bers of the coalition agreed that divided the countries: the Soviet The 400-member parliament Germany's role in the Soviet-led Lothar de Maiziere as prime a united Germany should remain Union, United States, Britain put de Maiziere and his 24- invasion of Czechoslovakia in minister on Thursday and em- part of NATO and that East and France. member Cabinet in power by a 1968. braced his sweeping agenda for Germany should merge its weak De Maiziere, closely aligned vote of 265-108, with nine ab- It apologized for the deaths of quickly uniting the foundering currency with West Germany's to Helmut Kohl, appeared to stentions. Eighteen lawmakers 20 million Soviets during nation with West Germany. strong deutschmark by July 1. distance himself from the West were absent. World War II, and ended four The former Communist na- The coalition also backed a German chancellor after the par- With the vote, the new gov- decades of denials that East tion's first freely elected rapid process for unification. liamentary session. ernment replaces the Commu- Germany's former Stalinist legislature also apologized to However, it demanded too that He said final unification may nist caretaker government that leaders played any role in the Jews for Nazi atrocities and East Germans retain some social not come late next year, as Kohl has been running the economi- deaths of 6 million Jews. promised to make reparations to benefits, including housing and has said. "It can be realistic, but cally troubled country since East "Persecuted Jews should be Israel and seek diplomatic ties. job guarantees, as the nation of it doesn't have to be realistic," Germans overthrew the hard-line granted asylum in the future in By putting de Maiziere's 16 million residents sheds four he said of Kohl's prediction. regime of Erich Honecker in East Germany," the parliament broad coalition government in decades of socialism for the De Maiziere said merging the October. declaration said. power, the parliament sets up a competitive free market. nations will depend less on In a remarkable suing of con- Israel has long demanded transitional government whose The historic decisions on timing than on the conditions. ciliatory gestures, the Parlia- reparations and an East German prime goal will be to negotiate Thursday will be followed in the He said on West Germany's ment recognized the legitimacy apology for Nazi crimes as a the terms of creating a single coming weeks by unification ZDF television network "that of Poland's post-war borders, condition for diplomatic rela- Germany. talks with West Germany and we must create compatible which include former German Uons. Police break up Arab protest of Jews in Christian quarter JERUSALEM (AP) — Police fired tear gas Witnesses said police charged after a priest who Thursday to end a Christian protest over a Jewish had torn down a poster picturing an Israeli Star of setUement and fought Palestinian stone-throwers David that had been pasted over a cross on the as foreign tourists visiting the city for Easter door. tried to avoid the violence. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Diodorus I was The street batUes with young Arabs occurred in overcome by the gas and collapsed, witnesses Jerusalem's Old City near the Church of the said. Several other clerics were also sickened by Holy Sepulcher as thousands of tourists were gas, the witnesses said. visiting this Biblical setting for Easter Later Thursday, Arab youths raised an outlawed celebrations. Palestinian flag on the roof of the Church of the The protest by Christian clerics focused on a Holy Sepulcher, and police raced after the youths nearby settlement of 150 Jews in the Arab to the Greek Orthodox patriarchate. Christian quarter. The Jerusalem magistrate's Witnesses said stone-throwing broke out, and court, responding to a lawsuit by the Greek police resorted by firing tear gas and rubber Orthodox Church, ruled late Thursday the settlers bullets, filling the building with gas and must leave. breaking windows. However, a spokesman for the settlers, David The standoff ended when Kollck, who came to Ben-Ami, said they would appeal, and police the patriarchate to extend Easter greetings, agreed for now not to expel them. intervened with police. All but one of the youths The founding of the new settlement during was allowed to go home, witnesses said. Easter week particularly angered the Palestinian Police said three Palestinians were arrested in Christian community, which perceives it as a other stone-throwing disturbances. Just before threat to their small neighborhood within the nightfall, as tourists wandered through the narrow walled city. streets in the area, many seemed bewildered, The new Jewish enclave also set off a dispute wondering which way to go to avoid trouble. between Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollck and the Kollck criticized the Israeli government for not Israeli government. intervening, saying the dispute "has international "There is no question that the timing of their repercussions." move lacks wisdom and sensitivity," said a But Yossi Achimeir, spokesman for Prime statement by Kollek, himself a Jew. Minister Yizhak Shamir, said Arab Christians Thursday's violence began when police fired were being unreasonable. tear gas and pushed about 200 demonstrating "Jews are entitled to live everywhere, clerics and supporters away from the Jewish especially in our eternal capital," Achimeir told settlement. The Associated Press. —Hillary Jackson/The Daily Campus Mark Wing shows that there is more than one way to get to class. Daily Campus to elect 1990-91 officers today By Dan Tapper Daily Campus Staff In a closed session meeting this aftcrnoonTTie Daily Campus will elect new officers for the 1990-91 school year. The positions available this year arc editor in chief, managing editor, and business manager. The reduction from five officer positions to three is the result of a restructure by die paper's board of directors. The six candidates for the positions are as follows: Amy Scligman, a sixth semester accounting major, for business manager; Nicole Malcc, third semester student whose major is undecided, for editor in chief; Jason Kauppi, a fourth semester journalism major, for editor in chief; Karen Haas, a sixth semester anthropology/journalism major, for managing editor; George Fercncz, a fourth semester journalism major; for managing editor; and Charles Pickett, an eighth semester english major, for managing editor. The new officers will replace Editor in chief Orin Levy and Managing Editors Shawn Cochran and Lisa Spooncr starting —Hillary Jackson/The Daily Campus Monday. From left to right Mathew Phenix as Lyapkin-Tyapkin the judge, John Berehdal as "I feel we've got a solid pool, and I wish whoever wins die best Anton the Mayor,yor, Joe Sampson playing Hlestakov and Joseph Dunham as of luck in the coming year, " said Levy. Bobchinsky, in Nutmeg Theatre's production of The Inspector General. 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